A late 19th Century art movement that would use a material object to represent something sacred or immaterial. A good example would be a lamb as a symbol of Christ. Principle exponents include Moreau, Redon, Gauguin, and Rodin.

A movement in literature and the visual arts c.1885 to c.1910 that uses symbols to suggest ideas and that visually expresses emotional experiences; usually represented by flat forms and broad areas of color.

Anything concrete that represents an idea, concept, emotion, theme, etc. A particularly evocative kind of image. Less definite than a metaphor. eg. "She sat in the dark, silent room rubbing the little stone over and over."eg. "She sat in the room, lost and alone. Outside, the storm raged."

Artistic movement that emerged in France around1885, that rejected naturalism and impressionism. Symbolism consisted of encounters of sensory perception and elements of the artists spirituality, the link between the dream and reality.

The first major antirealistic movement in the arts and in the theatre. Symbolism, which emphasizes the symbolic nature of theatrical presentation and the abstract possibilities of drama, flourished as a significant movement from the late nineteenth century to the early twentieth century, when it broke into various submovements: expressionism, surrealism, theatricalism, and so on.

A movement that spread to painting in the 1880's. Paul Gauguin is considered to be the father of this movement. Symbolists tried to grapple with human emotions and that people and objects are, therefore, merely symbols of a deeper existence beyond the everyday. It was not a style as such, and merely set a goal for artists to reach.

The pointed use of metaphor such that one thing (a rose, for example) stands for something else (love). In the line "Gather ye rosebuds while ye may," rosebuds symbolize the worldly life that takes no account of the future. The phrase implies that when one becomes old the opportunities offered in youth will be gone. The U.S. flag symbolizes the United States and often the wars fought on her behalf.

As the French writer Paul Valéry (1871-1945) notes in The Existence of Symbolism (1939), Symbolism "was not a school. On the contrary, it included many schools of the most divergent types." Symbolism generally refers to a movement among poets in France anticipated in the work of Charles Baudelaire (1821-1867) and Arthur Rimbaud (1854-1891) but practiced as a self-conscious movement Stéphane Mallarmé(1842-1898), Paul Verlaine (1844-1896), and Jules Laforgue (1860-1887). Symbolists sought to convey the fluidity and evocative harmony of music in their work, and to capture tones, fragrances, sensations, and intuitions rather than concrete images or rational ideas.

An art style developed in the late 19th century characterized by the inclusion of symbols and ideas, usually spiritual or mystical in nature, which can represent the inner beliefs and traditions of people.

Using one thing to stand for or represent another. Many of the Course's images are symbols that represent ideas the Course is trying to convey. This generally takes the form of metaphor or simile. For example, the image of God's loving Arms symbolizes His everlasting love and protection. Other symbols in the Course (and the things they symbolize) include: the face of Christ (the innocence and holiness in all things); thorns and lilies (condemnation/crucifixion and forgiveness/resurrection); and the inner altar (the place in our minds which contains what we are devoted to and worship).

An art style developed in the late 19th century characterized by the incorporation of symbols and ideas, usually spiritual or mystical in nature, which represent the inner life of people. Traditional modeled, pictorial depictions are replaced or contrasted by flat mosiac-like surfaces decoratively embellished with figures and design elements.

A movement of representational art and literature in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The multiple meanings of figures and a play of metaphors lies at its basis. There were many national varieties of Symbolism. Talashkino Country estate of Mariya Tenisheva near Smolensk. In 1893, it became the workplace of many outstanding artists of the era, as well as the centre of a revival of popular handicrafts and the development of a new language of art closely linked to Symbolism.

metapsychical, "cases in which, by subconscious or mediumisticmethods, an idea is expressed by means of hallucinatory perceptions,or ideographic representations, or forms of language differing fromthe ideas to be transmitted, but capable of suggesting themindirectly or conventionally.

An art movement that used symbols to convey imprecise, mysterious or ambiguous meanings and ideas. Influenced by Romanticism and the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, it rejected the purely visual realism of the Impressionists, and the rationality of the Industrial Age. It thrived in France in the late nineteenth century and its influence spread throughout much of Europe. Various approaches were taken, from the literary approach, where some of the imagery of writers was employed, including icons as severed heads, monsters and glowing or smoky spirits, synthesized from elements of Bible stories and ancient myths. Another group, taking a more formal approach, developed linear stylisations and innovative uses of colour produced emotional effects.

the systematic use of recurrent symbols or images in a work to create an added level of meaning. Example: most of the characters and incidents in Melville's Moby Dick can be interpreted symbolically. Similarly, the raft, the river, the towns, and "the territory" combine to provide a pattern of symbolic meaning in Twain's Huckleberry Finn.